BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Nova Southeastern softball team and the Lynn University softball team split a pair of Sunshine State Conference games on Saturday afternoon at the Lynn Softball field on Sunday afternoon. The Sharks fell to the Fighting Knights, 3-0, to start the day before taking the nightcap, 6-5.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP (GAME ONE):
FINAL SCORE: Lynn Fighting Knights 3 (W: F. Olexa, 4-1), Nova Southeastern Sharks 0 (L: L. Storrer, 3-7),
RECORDS: NSU (4-9, 1-2 SSC), LU (8-5, 2-1 SSC)
LOCATION: Lynn Softball Field | Boca Raton, Fla.
ALL TIME SERIES: Sharks lead Fighting Knights 46-30-1
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
BOTTOM 1ST: An RBI-double by Lynn's first baseman, Elizabeth Diaz, put the Knights on the board, 1-0.
BOTTOM 2ND: LU extended their lead to 2-0 an inning later as Victoria Rios sent an RBI-singlne through the left side to score Caitlin Rolston.
BOTTOM 5TH: Lynn's final run came in the fifth inning when Diaz sent a solo homer over the centerfield fence for their eventual 3-0 win.
INSIDE THE STATS:
- The Sharks were held to four hits throughout the game, two coming from Sydney Lageyre in her three at-bats.
- Lexie Storrer and Kailynn Blackwood accounted for the two remaining hits.
- Lynn out-hit the Sharks, 13-4.
- Storrer was handed the loss, tossing the complete game and allowing three runs on 13 hits.
- Lynn's Francais Olexa struck out six Sharks en route to her win in the circle.
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
- Lageyre's two hits were the most she's tallied in a game so far this season.
- Lynn's 13 hits were the most allowed by Storrer this season.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP (GAME TWO):
FINAL SCORE: Nova Southeastern Sharks 6 (W: D. Sprengers, 1-2), Lynn Fighting Knights 5 (L: O. Saviskas, 0-1)
HOW IT HAPPENED:
TOP 1ST: After
Dana Edmundson led off with a single through the right side and
Kailynn Blackwood drew a walk,
Keeley Mayers singled to centerfield to load the bases. The next batter,
Lexie Storrer sent a two-RBI single to center to score Edmundson and Blackwood for a 2-0 NSU lead. Two batters later,
Kayla Kight sent a two-run homer to left center, pushing the Sharks out to an early 4-0 advantage.
BOTTOM 1ST: The Knights responded with three runs of their own in the home half of the inning, taking advantage of RBI-singles by Karolina Flores, Diaz and Mackenzie Wyatt, cutting the deficit to just one run, 4-3.
BOTTOM 2ND: Lynn knotted the game an inning later, 4-4, as Diaz sent her fourth RBI hit of the day, this time a single through the left side.
TOP 3RD: The Sharks jumped back out in front, 5-4, as Kight singled up the middle to score Mayers, who led the inning off with a double to left.
TOP 4TH:
Aly Loyd singled to second base to start the fourth and two batters later, Edmundson doubled to left field to score Loyd to give the Sharks a two-run cushion, 6-4.
BOTTOM 6TH: The Fighting Knights tried to close the gap in the sixth, but only managed to score one run on a sacrifice fly by Olexa, eventually giving NSU its 6-5 victory.
INSIDE THE STATS:
- Kight had a day in the second half of Sunday's twinbill, going 2-for-2 at the plate with three RBI.
- Edmundson was also solid, going 3-for-4 with one RBI and one scored run.
- Mayers went 2-for-4 and scored once while Storrer was 1-for-4 with two RBI.
- Dominque Sprengers picked up the win in the circle, pitching all 7.0 innings and allowing five runs on eight hits with two strikeouts.
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
- Kight's homerun in the first was the first tallied by a Shark this season.
- Sprengers' win was her first this season.
- The Knights were forced to utilize four different pitchers, and Olivia Saviskas took the loss after pitching 2.2 innings and giving up two runs on five hits.
UP NEXT:
The Sharks will take a break from Sunshine State Conference play to host Kentucky State on Wed. Feb. 21 in a doubleheader beginning at 5:00 p.m.
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